Greater Letaba Municipality’s response
The Greater Letaba Municipality spokesperson, Lovers Maenetja’s response to the article published in the Herald last week titled “Municipal assets taken for debt”Greater Letaba Municipality wants to take this opportunity to clarify the notice issued by Star Mills on behalf of the High Court.
It is worth noting that the Sheriff has not confiscated the said belongings of the municipality, (Tipper truck, Nissan and Isuzu bakkies) because the issue was still being dealt with by the municipal legal team.
The municipality owed legal fees on an issue that was settled out of court which involved Star Mills requesting documents from the municipality through court.
The municipality then decided to hand in the documents to the company which meant that the issue had to be settled out of court with the municipality paying the legal bill owed by Star Mills to its lawyers. The money amounted to R17 512.07.The municipality’s assets will not be attached.
At the time of publication of the notice to attach, the money had already been paid and the notice of the upliftment was already issued by the high court on 15 January 2016.
